برزگر

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian wlcykl (/⁠warzīgar⁠/, “peasant”). By surface analysis, برز (“sown field; seed; agriculture”) +‎ ـگَر (“-er”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [baɾz.ˈɡaɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäɹz.ɡǽɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bäɹz.ɡǽɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bäɹz.ɡǽɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bäɹz.ɡǽɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bæɹz.ɡʲǽɹ], [bæɹ.ze.ɡʲǽɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [bäɹz.ɡǽɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	barzgar
Iranian reading?	barzgar, barzegar
Tajik reading?	barzgar

Noun

Dari	برزگر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	барзгар

بَرْزْگَر or بَرْزِگَر • (barzgar or barzegar) (plural برزگران (barzgarân) or برزگرها (barzgar-hâ))

1. farmer

   Synonyms: کشاورز (kešâvarz), دهقان (dehqân)

Derived terms

• برزگری (barzegari, “farming”)

 

Related terms

• برزیگر (barzigar, “farmer”)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “برزگر”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “warzīgar”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 88